The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

Robert Durling is Professor Emeritus of Italian and English Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Ronald L. Martinez is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

CONTENTS
Abbreviations, xv
Introduction, 2
PARADISO
CANTO 1
Notes to Canto 1

CANTO 2
Notes to Canto 2

CANTO 3
Notes to Canto 3

CANTO 4
Notes to Canto 4

CANTO 5
Notes to Canto 5

CANTO 6
Notes to Canto 6

CANTO 7
Notes to Canto 7

CANTO 8
Notes to Canto 8

CANTO 9
Notes to Canto 9

CANTO 10
Notes to Canto 10

CANTO 11
Notes to Canto 11

CANTO 12
Notes to Canto 12

CANTO 13
Notes to Canto 13

CANTO 14
Notes to Canto 14

CANTO 15
Notes to Canto 15

CANTO 16
Notes to Canto 16

CANTO 17
Notes to Canto 17

CANTO 18
Notes to Canto 18

CANTO 19
Notes to Canto 19

CANTO 20
Notes to Canto 20

CANTO 21
Notes to Canto 21

CANTO 22
Notes to Canto 22

CANTO 23
Notes to Canto 23

CANTO 24
Notes to Canto 24

CANTO 25
Notes to Canto 25

CANTO 26
Notes to Canto 26

CANTO 27
Notes to Canto 27

CANTO 28
Notes to Canto 28

CANTO 29
Notes to Canto 29

CANTO 30
Notes to Canto 30

CANTO 31
Notes to Canto 31

CANTO 32
Notes to Canto 32

CANTO 33
Notes to Canto 33


THE NICENE CREED

BOETHIUS' O QUI PERPETUA MUNDUM RATIONE GUBERNAS

Notes to "O qui perpetua'


ADDITIONAL NOTES

1. The Figure of Beatrice (After Canto 2)
2. The Paradiso and the Monarchia
3.The Primacy of the Intellect, the Sun, and the Circling Theologians (After Canto 14)
4. Dante and the Liturgy (After Canto 15)
5. The Religious Orders in the Paradiso
6. The Threshold Cantos in the Comedy
7. The Fate of Phaethon in the Comedy
8. Circle-Cross-Eagle-Scales: Images in the Paradiso
9. The Final Image
10. The Neoplatonic Background
11. Dante and Neoplatonism
12. Dante's Astrology
13. The Heavens and the Sciences: Convivio 2
14. The Paradiso as Alpha and Omega


Textual Variants
Bibliography
Index of Italian, Latin, and Other Foreign Words Discussed in the Notes
Index of Passages Cited in the Notes
Index of Proper Names in the Notes
Index of Proper Names in the Text and Translation